1840s Dining Room Tables

Antique mahogany dining room table on 1 leg. Beautiful stylish table. The central leg makes the table suitable for 6 people. In beautiful ...

Beautiful large antique oval English dining room table with 4 extra original leaves. The table is from the early Victorian period. It is a table that you can make larger and smaller ...

constructed entirely of solid Tuscan walnut and having an elliptical shaped top with a slightly recessed apron, the top opening to accept leaves. As photographed with two of its thr...

Refined antique Italian round centre table made of walnut wood. Table from the 19th century Louis Philippe period. Featuring an elegant turned central leg. The top has a refined inla...

Antique Victorian dining room table in good and original condition. Nice weathered condition. The table is almost square. Beautifu...

19th-century French farm table with a single drawer on one side.

A 19th century French Louis Philippe period bleached oak monastery trestle dining table handcrafted of solid oak near Avignon, circa 1840s, having an inset rectangular plank top. Raised on eight turned and fluted legs joined by a center horizontal stretcher with short vertical stretchers joining each set of legs. Seats 8 to 10 comfortably. Suitable as a dining table, conference table, or could be adapted as a kitchen island. Dimensions: h - 30' w - 124" d - 30.5" Please contact Mimi for additional photos Lolo French Antiques...

Victorian antique mahogany table with 2 extra original leaves. Beautiful quality mahogany with warm color. The table can be wind out to place th...

Beautiful important antique round dining room table, 1840s in solid walnut wood. This table is perfect for a dining room, it extends i...

- Wonderful period Victorian dining table with cabriole legs. - We date this table to circa 1840 and it extends via two leaves. - This...

An exceptional 19th century Spanish entrance door table handcrafted from oak and spanish walnut. The tabletop is an entrance door from the Spanish Colonial period with large nail heads throughout, that rise 1/4" above the surface. It sits upon a hand-carved raw wood...

A very rare opportunity to own a good early antique early Victorian extending dining table by Gillows, of Lancaster, Circa 1840 in date. This amazing table has two leaves, which can be added or removed as required to suit the occasion. It has been hand-crafted from solid flame mahogany which has a beautiful grain and is raised on four substantail lobed reeded tapering legs which have been masterfully hand carved and terminate in brass castors. The underside of table bears the stamp of the world renowned cabinet maker and retailer 'Gillows Lancaster'. It measures just under 7ft in length by 3ft 6 inches wide, when fully extended, which makes it ideal for city appartments where space is at a premium. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 75 x Width 209 x Depth 104 - Fully Extended Height 75 x Width 121 x Depth 104 - With all leaves removed Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 6 foot, 10 inches x Depth 3 foot, 5 inches - Fully Extended Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 feet x Depth 3 foot, 5 inches - With all leaves removed Robert Gillow (1704–1772) was an English furniture manufacturer. He joined with a family of traders called Sattersthwaite and sailed with them to the West Indies as a ships carpenter. In Jamaica he became interested in mahogany and brought samples of the wood back to Lancaster in 1720. This may have been the first mahogany to be imported to England. He founded the luxury furniture and furnishings firm Gillow of Lancashire in 1730. During the 1730s he began to exploit the lucrative West Indies trade exporting mahogany furniture and importing rum and sugar, in addition to fitting out ships cabins and doing finishing work in construction. The firm rapidly established a reputation for supplying high quality furniture and furnishings to the richest families in the country. They also had a London workshop in Thames Street. In 1764 a permanent London branch of Gillow's was established at 176 Oxford Road, now Oxford Street, by Robert's son, Thomas Robert Gillow, and William Taylor. As well as working in solid mahogany, Gillows made veneered and painted furniture, and often used japanning to imitate inlay. As textiles came down in price, the firm moved into upholstery – staying ahead of the game in 1785 when it sent an upholsterer from London to work in the Lancaster factory. Gillows can be credited with many innovations. In the mid-1760s initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table – including, in 1800, the telescopic version, the “Patent Imperial.” The firm was inventive in adapting designs to customer’s requirements – 1795 saw a round library table with a revolving top. It fitted secrétaires with movable drawers and partitions, like early filing cabinets, and it even made a bureau bedstead that served as a desk but pulled out to a bed. The social or “gentleman’s” table, horseshoe-shaped with japanned ice buckets...